You never know when you will have an unexpected need that could be easily addressed if you just knew where to go or what to use. My curiosity has often been rewarded by walking down the aisle less ...

The statistics on utility models are staggering, but does this IP right provide a useful tool for protecting innovation or merely pointless pieces of paper to decorate inventors’ labs? James Nurton ...

OK, so you might have heard me say before that users should consider migrating to a utility model. But don’t tune out yet. Sure, the idea has been floating around the data center for the past three ...

A utility model can be obtained in Spain for inventions relating to products, not methods, and for a term of 10 years. The requirements to be met by a utility model in Spain are slightly different to ...

This is an Insight article, written by a selected contributor as part of WTR's co-published content. Read more on Insight Utility model patents are not a special type of patent in China, since ...

“Robot utility models” sidestep the need to tweak the data used to train robots every time they try to do something in unfamiliar settings. It’s tricky to get robots to do things in environments ...

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The utility business model is evolving in response to a fundamental shift in our power system economics. Traditional utility models were built on the engine of inexorable electricity demand growth, ...